Blogroll

By chimo on (updated on )

I've added a "blogroll" section at the bottom of my blog posts ("Recent articles from blogs I follow"). This post describes how it's implemented.

The heavy-lifting is done by openring. Paraphrasing the README:

It will fetch the latest 3 articles from among your sources, pass them to a template and write the output a file of your choosing. Then you can include this file with your static site generator's normal file include mechanism.

In my case, the interesting part (to me) is how I pass my list of sources to openring. As a prerequisite, I setup a "Blogroll" category in my miniflux instance. Then, at hugo build-time, I call the "Get Category Feeds" API endpoint, extract the "feed_url" properties and pass those to openring. The complete build script is available in my git repository for this blog.

Recent articles from blogs I follow

The Scunthorpe Problem

I was talking with a friend recently about an email of theirs running afoul (🐔) of another aggressive filter system, because they dared to to talk with someone called Dickson. I know right, they’re the absolute worst. For those unfamiliar, this is the The…

via Rubenerd November 21, 2024

In which Neil is surprised by the lack of an HDMI cable

Some modern technology decisions baffle me. Today, I was sitting in a meeting room. In the room was my friend, with her laptop. Her laptop has an HDMI port. Also in the room was a screen, onto which my friend wished to display her laptop’s desktop. The screen …

via Neil's blog November 19, 2024

Helm: JSON schema generation

Helm charts support the inclusion of a values.schema.json file to validate values.yaml. Documentation: https://helm.sh/docs/topics/charts/#schema-files A JSON schema is akin to defining the structure of and type-annotating a JSON file. It helps to “shift lef…

via not just serendipity November 14, 2024